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The Moon on Friday, January 28, 1966: Waxing Crescent, 37% lit

Waxing · 37.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 22°

Moon age

6.8days

Moon phase on January 28, 1966Waxing Crescent

Friday 28 January 1966396,502 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 28, 1966, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 37.0% of its visible face lit, 6.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

37.0%Illumination at noon UTC
6.8 dMoon age
396,502 km246,375 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (23°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 28, 1966 is on Saturday, February 5, 1966 at 15:58 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 21, 1966 at 15:46 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, January 21, 196615:46
First Quarter (after)Saturday, January 29, 196619:48

The Moon around January 28

More about this date

Friday, January 28, 1966 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 21, 1966 to the new moon of February 20, 1966, a cycle of 29.79 days.